The best two weeks in sport -- the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments -- are under way, and while they are a great American spectacle, full of excitement and drama, they lack one thing: amber waves of grain!

That's right, it's time for another of our exclusive beer brackets, and this one is the best yet: 64 beers, matched by style, from around the country. The four categories: lagers and pilsners; pale ales and IPAs; wheat and white; and porters and stouts. The beers are arranged by style in four rows, below. An example of how the brackets work: In lagers/pilsners, Cricket Hill goes against Coney Island, and Dixie against Yuengling, with those winners matched against each other, and the winner of that matchup moving on.

No Jersey men's basketball teams made it to the Big Dance, but there are a dozen Garden State brews in our field. How will they match up against hoppy heavyweights from California, Colorado and elsewhere?

The pairings were made by our very own beer bracketologist: Dan Ratti, owner of Oak Tree BuyRite in South Plainfield. This week, our panel of judges will sample and rate the beers. The winners will be announced in next Friday's paper.